ʻO Johnny Pacheco he mea hoʻokani pila Dominican a haku mele e hana ana ma ke ʻano salsa. Ma ke ala, no Pacheco ka inoa o ke ʻano.
I ka wā o kāna ʻoihana, ua alakaʻi ʻo ia i kekahi mau orchestras, hana i nā hui hoʻopaʻa leo. ʻO Johnny Pacheco ka mea nona nā makana he nui, ʻeiwa o ia mau kiʻi kiʻi o ka makana mele Grammy kaulana loa ma ka honua.
ʻO nā makahiki mua o Johnny Pacheco
Ua hānau ʻia ʻo Johnny Pacheco ma Malaki 25, 1935 ma ke kūlanakauhale Dominican o Santiago de los Caballeros. ʻO kona makuakāne ka mea alakaʻi kaulana a me ka clarinetist ʻo Rafael Pacheco. Ua hoʻoili ʻo Little Johnny i kona makemake i ke mele mai iā ia.
I ka makahiki 11, ua neʻe mau ka ʻohana Pacheco i New York. Maʻaneʻi, i kona wā'ōpiopio, ua hoʻomakaʻo Johnny e aʻo i nā kumu o ke mele. Ua akamai ʻo ia i ka ʻoloka, ka ʻohe, ka violin a me ka saxophone.
He mea hoihoi ke kumu o ka ʻohana Pacheco. Ma ka ʻaoʻao makua kāne, he aʻa Sepania ko ke keiki. ʻO ke kupuna kāne nui o ka hōkū salsa e hiki mai ana he koa Sepania i hele mai e hoʻohui hou iā Santo Domingo.
He German, Palani, Paniolo a me Dominican ka makuahine o ke keiki. ʻAʻole anei e loaʻa i kēlā mau mākua ke akamai maoli?
ʻOihana mua
ʻO ka hui mele mua, kahi i komo ai ka ʻōpio Pacheco i ka lawelawe, ʻo ia ka hui o Charlie Palmieri. Ma ʻaneʻi ua hoʻohanohano ka mea hoʻokani pila i kona akamai i ka hoʻokani pila a me ka saxophone.
I ka makahiki 1959, ua hōʻuluʻulu ʻo Johnny i kāna mele mele ponoʻī. Ua kapa ʻo ia i ka hui ʻo Pacheco y Su Charanga. Mahalo i nā pilina i ʻike ʻia, ua hiki iā Pacheco ke kau inoa i kahi ʻaelike me Alegre Records.
ʻO kēia ka mea i hiki ai i nā mea hoʻokani pila ke hoʻopaʻa i nā mea hana kiʻekiʻe. Ua kū'ai'ia ka album mua ma ka nui o 100 tausani kope, a no ka makahiki 1960 he mea maoli ia.
ʻO ka holomua o ka hui ma muli o ka hoʻokani ʻana o nā mea hoʻokani i nā ʻano kaulana e like me cha-cha-cha a me pachanga.
Ua lilo nā lālā o ka orchestra i mau hōkū maoli a loaʻa iā lākou ka manawa e mākaʻikaʻi ʻaʻole wale ma ka ʻāina ākea o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, akā ma Latin America kekahi.
I ka makahiki 1963, lilo ʻo Pacheco y Su Charanga i hui mele Latin mua e hoʻokani ma ka hale kiʻiʻoniʻoni kaulana ʻo Apollo ma New York.
I ka makahiki 1964, ua hoʻokumu ʻo Johnny Pacheco i kāna keena hoʻopaʻa leo ponoʻī. Ua ʻike mua ʻia ʻo ia he mea hoʻonohonoho akamai. No laila, ua kaulana koke ka studio i wehe ʻia e Pacheco ma waena o nā mea hoʻokani pila i kāna mau ʻano punahele.
ʻOiai ma mua o ka wehe ʻana o ke keena, ua hoʻoholo ʻo Pacheco e hana i kahi Center for the Association of Talented Youth of Spanish Harlem. A ua kōkua kāna lepili ponoʻī e hana.
He liʻiliʻi ke kālā a ke kanaka ʻōpio. A ua hoʻoholo ʻo ia e noi i ke kākoʻo o kahi hoa. Ua hoʻokani ʻia kāna kuleana e ka loio ʻo Jerry Masucci. I kēia manawa wale nō, ua hoʻohana ʻo Pacheco i nā lawelawe a kahi loio i kāna hana oki mare.
Ua lilo nā'ōpio i mau hoaaloha, a ua loaʻa iā Masucci ka nui o ke kālā e pono ai. Ua lanakila koke ka hale hoʻopaʻa leo ʻo Fania Records me nā mea pā o nā mele ʻAmelika Latin.
Nā hana ʻē aʻe o ka mea hoʻokani pila
Loaʻa iā Johnny Pacheco ma luna o 150 mau mele i haku ʻia i kāna hōʻaiʻē. Ua hoʻopaʻa ʻo ia i ʻumi disc gula a lanakila ʻo ia i ʻeiwa mau makana Grammy no Best Composer, Arranger and Producer.
Ua hauʻoli kekahi poʻe kiʻi rap hou i ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā mele a Pacheco i ka hana ʻana i kā lākou mau kuʻi. Ua ho'āʻo nā Dominican DJs i nā mele i haku ʻia e ke aliʻi o salsa a hoʻokomo iā lākou i loko o kā lākou mele.
Ua haku ʻo Johnny Pacheco i nā mele kiʻiʻoniʻoni i kekahi mau manawa. Hōʻike ʻia kāna mau leo kani i nā kiʻiʻoniʻoni ʻO Our Latin Thing, Salsa, a me nā mea ʻē aʻe.
Ma 1974, kākau ʻo Pacheco i nā helu mele no nā kiʻiʻoniʻoni ʻo Big New York, a ma 1986 no ke kiʻiʻoniʻoni Wild Thing. Hoʻokomo pū ʻo Johnny Pacheco i nā hana kaiaulu. Ua hana ʻo ia i kālā e kōkua i nā poʻe maʻi AIDS.
I ka makahiki 1998, hāʻawi ka mea hoʻokani pila i ka ʻaha mele ʻo Concierto Por La Vida ma ka hale nui ʻo New York Avery Fisher Hall. ʻO nā kālā i loaʻa i ke kōkua ʻana i nā ʻohana i hoʻopilikia ʻia e ka Hurricane George.
ʻIke kālena a me nā makana
I kēia lā, paʻakikī ke hoʻomāhuahua i ka hāʻawi ʻana o Pacheco i nā mele ʻAmelika Latin. I loko o kāna ʻoihana a pau, ua mālama ʻo ia i nā mele mele.
Ma mua o Pacheco, ua kapa ʻia ʻo salsa jazz ʻAmelika Latin. Akā, ʻo Johnny ka mea i hoʻopuka mai i ka huaʻōlelo i ʻike ʻia e nā poʻe a pau o nā hula incendiary i kēia lā.
I ka wā o kāna ʻoihana, ua hāʻawi ʻia ka mea hoʻokani pila e like me:
- Medal Hanohano Peresidena. Ua loaʻa ka makana i ka mea hoʻokani pila ma 1996. Ua hōʻike pono ʻia iā Pacheco e ka Pelekikena o ka Dominican Republic, ʻo Joaquin Balaguer;
- makana ʻo Bobby Capo no ka hāʻawi maikaʻi ʻana i ke mele. Hāʻawi ʻia ka makana e ke Kiaʻāina ʻo New York George Pataki;
- ʻO Casandra Awards - he makana honua no nā hoʻokō koʻikoʻi ma ka honua o nā mele a me nā kiʻi ʻike;
- Makahiki National Academy of Recording Arts Award. Ua lilo ʻo Pacheco i ka Hispanic mua i loaʻa i kēia makana mea hana hanohano;
- Hale Hōʻikeʻike ʻo Latin Music Hall of Fame. Ua loaʻa iā Pacheco kēia makana ma 1998;
- Makana Peni kala mai ka American Society of Composers. Hāʻawi ʻia ka makana i ka haku ma 2004;
- hōkū ma ka New Jersey Walk of Fame ma 2005.
He 85 makahiki o Johnny Pacheco i kēia manawa. Akā hoʻomau ʻo ia i ka hana mele. Ke hana mau nei kāna hui mele me nā kālena ʻōpio. Kōkua ka mea hoʻokani pila i ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana a hāʻawi i nā ʻōlelo aʻo ʻoihana.
